Deputies, Chula Vista police and a sheriff’s helicopter crew found the boys, but not the driver.

A deputy and sergeant with the sheriff’s Border Crime Suppression Team was in Chula Vista about 8:30 p.m. when they saw a Honda driver run a red light at Palomar Street and Broadway, and tried to stop him, sheriff’s Lt. Dave Schaller said.

The driver sped away, but a few blocks away at Fifth Avenue he lost control of the car and slammed into a retaining wall, Schaller said. The car, with a smashed front end, ended up at an angle on the sidewalk between some parked cars.

Schaller said the driver and his son ran away, but the younger boy couldn’t get out of the car. Paramedics took him to Rady Children’s Hospital for an evaluation.

Law officers searched the area and found the teenager at home, not far from the crash scene. He was not taken into custody. His father didn’t return, but Schaller said police will most likely find him another day.